Meet Mike Fiers, the Milwaukee Brewers rookie starting pitcher, who was drafted in the 22nd round of the 2009 MLB Draft. Friers joined the club on May 29th, and has only led the league in ERA since.
Fiers started his career in 2009 and played for 3 different teams that season.
- Fiers started out with the Brewers Rookie ball team, the Helena Brewers. Fiers had 13 appearances, and Fiers did not start a single game. Fiers pitched 21 innings with a 1.29 ERA, 35 strikeouts, 8 saves and a WHIP of 0.713 before being called up.
- Fiers was called up to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Brewers lower A team. Fiers would only appear in 3 games where Fiers gave up no runs in just 6 innings pitched before be called up again that season.
- Fiers would be called up to the Brevard County Manatees, the Brewers high A team. Fiers played in 6 games with the Manatees and had a ERA of 1.88 with and 16 strikeouts in just 13.2 innings pitched.
The 2010 season would have Fiers starting with Brevard County, but yet again Fiers would be on his way up.
- Fiers played in 17 games, in which he started 15 of them. Fiers would end the season with a 4-8 record to go along with a 3.47ERA, and 130 strikeouts in 93.1 innings pitched.
- Fiers would be called up to the Huntsville Stars, the Brewers AA team. He would start in 4 games, and came out of the bullpen in 6 games. Fiers ended the season with a 1-1 record, 3.69 ERA, and 36 strikeouts in just 31.2 innings pitched.
Fiers played most of the 2011 season with the Huntsville Stars, but in similar fashion to the previous years, Fiers would again move up the Brewers system.
- Fiers played in 22 games with just 8 starts. Fiers was 5-3 with a 2.64 ERA with 5 saves,63 strikeouts, and a 0.913 WHIP in 61.1 innings pitched.
- Fiers was called up to the Nashville Sounds, where he started in 10 of his 12 games played. Fiers would end the season with a 8-0 record, 1.11 ERA, 69 strikeouts, and a 0.974 WHIP in 64.2 innings pitched.
- Fiers pitched in 2 games for the Milwaukee Brewers when he made his Major League Debut on September 14, 2011. Fiers would pitch just 2 innings, giving up no runs and striking out 2.
Fiers played in 10 games with Nashville this 2012 season before being called up to the Milwaukee Brewers on May 29th. Fiers had a 1-3 record, 4.42 ERA, and 49 strikeouts before he was called up. Now after his start last night which saw Fiers go 8 innings, giving up just 1 run of 3 hits, while striking out 7. Fiers has now started 12 games for the Brewers, and has a 6-4 record on the season. What’s most impressive is that Fiers has a 1.80 ERA on the season, which is the lowest in the MLB since May 29th. Fiers had a 9.6 K/9 in his 4 seasons with his many teams, and so far he hasn’t slowed down in the majors. Fiers has a 9.0 K/9 with the Brewers this season, to go along with a 1.8 BB/9 or walks per nine innings pitched. Fiers has a 5.0 K/BB this season which is very impressive for a young pitcher who strikes a lot of people out. Fiers has shown he is ready to stay and could possibly end the season close to the top in Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards.
With Fiers having the lowest ERA in the N.L. he has just a 6-4 record. In Fiers 4 losses, he had only 1 real bad outing in which he went 5 innings while giving up 4 runs. Fiers had 2 losses in which he pitched 13 innings and gave up 4 runs in the combined games. Fiers is someone to look at in the future, and could be an up and coming star.
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